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Gary Borders: On being the nerdy Heathkit kid

Red River Radio | By Gary Borders
Published August 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM CDT
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Did you like to build shortwave radios as a kid? Commentator Gary Borders did. He reflects back to the days when he pored over his Heathkit catalog. Naturally, today, if you search for Heathkit on YouTube you’ll find a wealth of how-to guides on assembling these radios. Too bad those weren’t around when Gary and his gang needed them in the 1960s.

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Gary Borders
Gary Borders has been an East Texas journalist and editor for more than 40 years. He works now as a freelance writer, editor and photographer. You can see his work at garyborders.com. He has written for World Wildlife magazine, Texas Monthly, Texas Observer and Airstream Life.
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